| fermer |
| 1. v. to shut | |
| 2. v. to close | |
| 3. v. to do up (of clothing) | |
| 4. v. to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance) | |
| 5. v. to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service) | |
| 6. v. to harden (of someone's face) | |
| 7. v. to put someone off something, to turn someone off something | |
| Ce professeur l'a fermé au sujet des mathématiques. - That teacher turned him off maths. | |
| 8. v. to mark the border of | |
| Les Vosges ferment l'Alsace à l'ouest. - The Vosges mountains mark the western border of the Alsace. | |
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| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| ouverture |
| 1. n-f. opening | |
| 2. n-f. (music) overture | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| ce |
| 1. det. this, that | |
| 2. pron. (subject of être, with predicative adjectives or relative clauses, singular only) it, this, that (see § Usage notes, below) | |
| C'est beau ! - It is beautiful! | |
| est-ce que...? - is it that...? | |
| ce dont je parlais - that which I was speaking of | |
| C'eût été avec plaisir, mais... - It would have been with pleasure, but... | |
| C'eût été dommage... - It would have been a pity... | |
| 3. pron. (subject of être, with predicate nouns) he, she, it, this, that | |
| C'est un/une célébrité. - He/she is a celebrity. | |
| Ce sont des célébrités. - These are celebrities. | |
| Ce sont des gens bien. - These are good people. | |
| ce semble - it seems | |
| ce peuvent être... - these may be... | |
| qui |
| 1. pron. (interrogative) who, whom | |
| Tu as vu qui ? - Who have you seen? | |
| Je ne sais pas qui vous êtes. - I don't know who you are. | |
| 2. pron. (relative) who, whom (after a preposition), which, that | |
| La personne qui parle connait bien son sujet. - The person who speaks knows his/her subject well. | |
| Cette voiture bleue qui passe me plait beaucoup. - This blue car which is passing I like a lot. | |
| J’aime les chiens qui sont calmes. - I like dogs that are quiet. | |
| Un homme à qui j’ai parlé. - A man to whom I spoke/have spoken. | |
| Si lugubre que fût l’appartement, c’était un paradis pour qui revenait du lycée. - Gloomy as the apartment was, it was still a paradise for those who came back from school. | |
| Rira bien qui rira le dernier. - Who laughs last laughs well. | |
| 3. conj. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) if | |
| Qui elle en a, ça va faire. - If she has any, that will do. | |
| ce qui |
| 1. pron. (nominative, relative) what (that which; those which; the thing that) | |
| Ce qui est vrai, c'est que je l'adorais. - What's true is that I loved him. | |
| C'est quoi, ce qui a occasionné ça ? - What is it that caused this? | |
| 2. pron. (nominative, interrogative) what (in indirect questions, subject) | |
| Je ne sais pas ce qui y est écrit. - I don't know what it says lit. is written. | |
| Savez-vous ce qui arrive ? - Do you know what happens? | |
| présente |
| 1. adj. feminine singular of présent | |
| 2. n-f. (with definite article, la présente) the letter, document etc. that the reader is reading | |
| Par la présente je vous informe que la présente est la dernière pièce informative qui vous sera envoyée - I inform you hereby that this is the last informative document that will be sent to you | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present of présenter | |
| 4. v. third-person singular present of présenter | |
| 5. v. second-person singular imperative of présenter | |
| présenter |
| 1. v. to present, to introduce | |
| 2. v. to show, to present | |
| 3. v. to look | |
| Il présente bien. - He looks good. | |
| 4. v. to appear, to be present (before someone) | |
| 5. v. to arise, to surface, to present itself | |
| 6. v. (indtr, à) to be a candidate for | |
| se présenter à un examen - to take an exam | |
| se présenter à une élection - to stand for an election/to run for an election | |
| présent |
| 1. adj. present (that what/which is in the place talked about) | |
| 2. adj. current, present | |
| 3. adj. (grammar) present | |
| 4. n-m. (grammar) present tense | |
| 5. n-m. (dated, except in, Louisiana, and Acadia French) gift; present | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| ouverture |
| 1. n-f. opening | |
| 2. n-f. (music) overture | |
